ALBANY, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(350078) ALBANY
From Year=1893 To Year=1963
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	76	111	205	348	521	654	835	824	638	415	177	95	4900
40 S	76	187	393	740	1261	1915	2750	3574	4212	4627	4804	4900	4900
45 M	22	34	87	204	366	504	680	669	488	264	74	30	3420
45 S	22	56	142	346	712	1216	1896	2565	3053	3317	3390	3420	3420
50 M	3	6	24	92	217	354	525	514	339	131	18	5	2226
50 S	3	9	32	124	341	695	1220	1734	2073	2203	2221	2226	2226
55 M	0	0	4	29	101	209	370	359	196	44	2	0	1314
55 S	0	1	5	33	134	343	714	1073	1268	1312	1314	1314	1314
60 M	0	0	0	5	35	93	219	208	84	9	0	0	653
60 S	0	0	0	6	40	134	353	561	645	653	653	653	653

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	18	42	103	191	293	378	515	508	381	228	64	21	2743
50 S	18	60	163	354	647	1025	1540	2048	2429	2657	2721	2743	2743

M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu